Lucky for me my parents were both “I didn’t save anything for retirement, my kids will take care of me when I’m older”, so I don’t have to suffer through this.

  • @JonsJava
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    507 hours ago

    My dad - who was an amazingly racist conspiracy theorist - gave all his money to 2 redhead women he started fucking after divorcing the woman he married after my mom died.

    He chose not to leave me anything because I called him out for using the “n” word any time he talked about African Americans.

    I’m out $150k

    He is out having a legacy. My kids will never know his name, story, or hate.

    • @nickiwest
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      32 hours ago

      Congratulations on being a decent person even though your role model was not. It’s hard to break that cycle.

    • @[email protected]
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      135 hours ago

      Well, at least he fathered a decent kid, it seems. I don’t think it was his intention for you to turn out so decent, so I wouldn’t give him credit for that, but I guess he did something right despite all his efforts.

      • @JonsJava
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        31 hour ago

        He didn’t, though.

        Foster Care, then they adopted me.

      • @Valmond
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        104 hours ago

        No, some people just raise up to the task.

        I hate this idea that parents “did something good” if they are pieces of shit but their kids turn out good. Especially if there is no evidence of it. Why people feel the need to do that is a mystery for me, like protecting the bad guy at any cost.

          • @Valmond
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            11 hour ago

            Sorry you got caught in the crossfire, but you did say, out of the blue:

            I guess he did something right…